About the Authors
- Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi
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* E-mail: rodolfo.salas-gismondi@univ-montp2.fr
Affiliations Institut des Sciences de l’Évolution, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, EPHE, 34095, Montpellier, France, Departamento de Paleontología de Vertebrados, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; Avenida Arenales 1256, Lima 14, Perú
- John J. Flynn
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Affiliation Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, 10024–5192, United States of America
- Patrice Baby
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Affiliations Géosciences-Environnements Toulouse, Université de Toulouse; UPS (SVT-OMP); CNRS; IRD; 14 Avenue Édouard Belin, F-31400, Toulouse, France, Convenio IRD-PeruPetro, Av. Luis Aldana 320, San Borja, Lima, Perú
- Julia V. Tejada-Lara
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Affiliations Departamento de Paleontología de Vertebrados, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; Avenida Arenales 1256, Lima 14, Perú, Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, 10024–5192, United States of America, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, New York City, New York, United States of America
- Julien Claude
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Affiliation Institut des Sciences de l’Évolution, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, EPHE, 34095, Montpellier, France
- Pierre-Olivier Antoine
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Affiliation Institut des Sciences de l’Évolution, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, EPHE, 34095, Montpellier, France
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RS-G JJF P-OA. Performed the experiments: RS-G. Analyzed the data: RS-G JJF JVT-L JC P-OA. Wrote the paper: RS-G JJF JVT-L JC P-OA. Designed the research: RS-G P-OA. Contributed to the survey and collecting the crocodylian fossil material: JJF RS-G P-OA PB JVT-L. Performed the morphometric analysis: JC RS-G. Wrote the initial draft of the manuscript, and performed anatomical descriptions and the systematic research: RS-G. Draft revisions: JJF. Additional writing and discussion: RS-G JJF PB JVT-L JC PO-A.